Nutomic@lemmy.mlM to Announcements@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoBreaking Changes in Lemmy 1.0join-lemmy.orgexternal-linkmessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down10cross-posted to: voyagerapp@lemmy.worldsummit@lemmy.worldthunder_app@lemmy.worldeternityapp@lemdro.idarctic@lemmy.worldboostforlemmy@lemmy.worldthunder_app@lemmy.worldlemmyconnect@lemmy.casyncforlemmy@lemmy.worldmlemapp@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1190arrow-down1external-linkBreaking Changes in Lemmy 1.0join-lemmy.orgNutomic@lemmy.mlM to Announcements@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square52linkfedilinkcross-posted to: voyagerapp@lemmy.worldsummit@lemmy.worldthunder_app@lemmy.worldeternityapp@lemdro.idarctic@lemmy.worldboostforlemmy@lemmy.worldthunder_app@lemmy.worldlemmyconnect@lemmy.casyncforlemmy@lemmy.worldmlemapp@lemmy.ml
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down2·3 months agoA lot of these should not be called breaking changes. A new API is not a breaking change if the old API remains.
minus-squarenfh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 months agoYeah but those changes break clients as soon as they turn down the old API.
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 months agoIndeed, dropping the old API would be the breaking change. Rich Hickey did a fantastic talk on versioning, breaking changes, and dependencies.
A lot of these should not be called breaking changes. A new API is not a breaking change if the old API remains.
Yeah but those changes break clients as soon as they turn down the old API.
Indeed, dropping the old API would be the breaking change.
Rich Hickey did a fantastic talk on versioning, breaking changes, and dependencies.